Wire-barbing machine



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No.. 264,488.l h Patented sep1;.19, 1882.

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DANIEL C. STOVER, AOF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-BARBING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,488, dated September 19, 1882.,

Application filed May 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL C. STOVER, a

resident of Freeport, in the county of Stephen-v son and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'ire'- Barbing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machinery for wrapping barbs on the main wires of fen ce-cables and it consists ofthe device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top view of the device, showing the position of the geared segments which drive its parts; Fig. 2, an end view of same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, end views ofthe device claimed, showing successive relative positions of the parts in the formation of a barb; Fig. 6, a longitudinal vertical section of the device; and Figs.7, 8, and 9, end views thereof, showing the central spindle slotted, perforated, and grooved respectively.

The improvement claimed is the use of a cylindrical spindle, m, longitudinally perforated, grooved, or slotted for the passage of the main wires of the fence-cable, and inclosed in a sleeve, O, in which it rotates as a bearing. The sleeve O at its front end is flush with the end of the spindle, and is provided with awrapping lug or pin, a. A bearing, A, incloses ,the

vsleeve O, which rotates freely within it, and the bearin g itself is attached by means of an arm, B, to the bed L of the-machine, of which the device shown forms a part. The sleeve O is provided at its rear end with a pinion, D, and the spindle m with a similar pinion, E. Two arms, F G, pivoted at w and provided at their inner ends with geared segments H K, engage with thc pinions D E, respectively, and by means ot' suitable cams at their outer ends reciprocal motion is imparted to the arms F Gr, and through the geared segments reciprocal rotary motion of the pinionsD E and sleeve and spindle C in is produced.

The operation of the device in the formation of a barb is shown in Figs.2, 3,4, and 5. The main Wires b of the fence-cable being fed forward through the perforations in the spindle, the Wire for forming the barb dis fed between the main wires and at right angles thereto, the pin a of the sleeve C lying under and in contact with the wire d. By a movement of l arm F the pinion D and sleeve O are rotated.

sleeve and spindle back to their original position.

It is evident that the relative time of rotation of the sleeve and spindle may be varied by`changing the time of the actuating-cams, and that various mechanical devices otherthan the one shown may be employed to'drive the sleeve and spindle. I do not therefore desire to limit my invention to its use in combinaits use in general.

In the operative mechanism shown the spindle m is perforated, as illustrated in Fig. 8; but it may evidently be slotted for the passage of the main Wires, as shown in Fig. 7, or grooved, as shown in Fig. 9.

Having described my invention and illustratedr its use, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wire-barbng machine, a sleeve rotating freely in a bea-ring, and provided with a lug in one of its end faces, in combination with a spindle rotating freely in said sleeve, and longitudinally perforated, grooved, or slotted for the passage of the main wires of the cable to be barbed.

2. In a wire-barbing machine, the combination of a longitudinally perforated, grooved, or slotted spindle, a sleeve in which said spindle rotates freely, and provided with a lng in one of its end faces, a bearing in which said sleeve rotates freely, and suitable gearing for rotating said sleeve and spindle, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL o. STOVER.

Witnesses: l

U. M. MAYER, I. F. KLEGKNER.

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